The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 10, 1887, Image 1
EMPSON MILUS.
?Htcr Hipp
Lo
YOL. ?.
LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
big job of Clothing
_Baltimore Fir?.
TUE INTER-STATE ENCAMPMENT.
A OH 13 AT O ATI I Kit I NU NIC A It TUK
OJTY Ol' SPAltrANItUKU.
Tho Weather at I'lrat (nuitsiilclou?, bul
til? Skies Itllghtoil ?it I.Hst--Thu liiaui;u
ral Corenionlcti--A Partial 1.1st urtu lix
hlblts-Other Mattera of Interest.
The Ditor-Stato Fnrniors' Summer Kn?
' cnuiptnont wan duly inaugurated at
Bpnrtanburg on Tuesday, tho'?uti inst.
Tho had weather naturally dimini lied
tho crowd at lir.-t in attendance, hut
wltOU Ute hour for opening ni rived Ibero
wau a goodly crow vi m tho pavilion pro
vided for Un ir ucoonimodutio o
A?. 12 o'clock tho Hon. doini \Y.
Welford called the moetiug to ord? r,
Thc stage was occupied hy tho following
'.auicd goutlotnen N. L\ Walker, of
?ipaitunburv, the Uov. lt. ll. ll.id, tho
Hon..). W. Woftbrd, Iv. C. K. Flcn ing,
Col. A. r. lintier, tho lion. ll. B. Bedon,
of holleton, Ti .'. Moore, of Bp? tan?
hu . tho Hon. 1). lt Duncan, ol Bjmr
tanburg, .Mr. ll. li. Houho, Prof. D. A.
DuPro, .1. ll. .Montgomery, ll. l?\ Mont
gomery, one Aged farmer from Texas,
and otuor distinguished citizeus.
Owing to somo error Bishop Dun-ni,
who had boen Bel coted to deliver the
opening prayer, did not ovtivo until
after tho opining of the proceedings.
The prayer was, tuen ?ure, ottered noby
tho Kev. ll. li. Ut id, of Uoidville.
lt is estimated that tho audience i nm- ;
bored not less than two thousand per- !
tullo, among whom were a very larg?
contingent of ladies, childly from Bpar
hmbiirg.
Upon motion ot Mr. John W. Wot ..rd, '
wk ) stated that tut re was no likelihood '
of tito prcseneo ol tho commissioners 1
from tho four other B?ltes, Capt. N. F. '
Walker waa called to the chair,
lu assuming tho chair Capt. Wtdkor
delivered a short at.d still ing add ros, :, in ;
which he pledged himself to ftutlu . in
every possible way the object.< ?:. rh,, i '
?ncuTOpmont. Ile also introduced the
lion. D. ll. Duucau, W^o had '..eui
ohoron to doliver tho address of weld mo. '
Mr. Duncan add rosed tho moetiug as
follow.- ?
lllf. 1 N'At < I lt lt Ali ADOIlKSS.
Mr. Chairman and Oontlcnn u: I '. ive
the honor, in the :. mc ot ai! oiti/.oi . of
Bpnrtanburg couuty, lo hid 3.MI a warm
welcome to this Kucainpun ..t.
We sincerely hope that tho delibera- '
lions and discussions whioh will 00cup; '
the ?laya of J'Otir sojourn lure maj bel1
marked by great good to all who par-1'
ticipate and to nil who witness your !
labors. May your gathering bo ac. m
pnnied in its iiilluoncu and praclioal ro- '
suits with tho largest amount ot un Iii- !
gent information and oxposiliou in tho '
arts and work ol' that grout science v. ich 1
you represan. Upon this nil gro vthl1
and prosperity re: !.
Always tho largest contributor to ibo
happiness of the people ut home, e ri- :
culture has made this, ti:, greatest ot re
publics, renowned abroad fur its co .'li
bations lo the (.o-tem.ree and comfort '
of tho millions of oile r landa lt (he
pursuit of knowledge, the lahore ol the I'
workshop, the whirl of tho factory L'
wheels, the busy industries and com. .or- V
oial interests by laud and soa, lag and !
languish, it is only beoauso LU? valley 1
aro not covered over with com, becaiiso .
there is no fatness in Ibo pastures, bo
cause thc cattle do not rojofco upon the ?
hills and the earth fails to yield her iu* ,
crease. ?
Wo are tho moro rejoiced on tins 1 . ea |
sion because of tho evidence WO have of ,
the awakening and awakened inten. t in j
your avocation, which now seems to bo <
taking in importance precedence of all (
other questions. -How 'shall tho largest j
intelligence and thc most rolubh i \- ?
periniontol knowledgo ho invoked and ?
enforced in behalf 1 f tending this gar- ?
den of earth, which was dolivorod to the (
first farmer of creation with tho com
mand to keep and .he.-s it a proposi
lion not new, indi od older than all oth
ers, and yet, strange to tay, it has now,'
less ol' intelligence, pressing and push 1 '
than any of those thiugs wliich coniumn 1
the timo 0nd talents ol mon. 1
While it is true thai tho agriculturo of
this extensivo country is Conduotcd on ti
beale unknown in ancient or in modern !
til.ICH, yet in tbCSO important depart*
meats of knowledge we uro singularly
deficient. No other field bolds out a
moro inviting prospect to tho diligent
aud tho enterprising, .1 lllo-wark which
may lill the nobb st ambition. Tin ro is
ho closed doer to the followers ol this '
art. As illustrated from tho days of
(loorgc Washington down to tho PUCCCSfl
of thc poor larmer'., boj of the Valley
of Virginia with his reap? r, 011 downing
sominariea, orphans' bonus and un i vor
sity professorships, there is no temporal
interest of Immanlty winch oxcecds in
importance that of your pursuit, and all !
others it hus outlived. "lt survives
Turk and Tiu.e and ( loth." Upon it the
cleland and meehunic, the bench 1 nd
ar and tho forum and cami) depend,
udecd, as has bein said: '-The nocessi
Ly of this art ia evident, sinco this can
live without all olin rs, anil no ono other
without this. Tiio principles of ii la
ing tho principles of all mittlre, earth,
water, air and tho sun and the sea, it
comprehends of philosophy moro than
any ono profession, art or science in the
World beside... '
Let mc call your attention to what an
ablo essayist wrote two hundred years
ago. Ho said: "Who is there among
our gentry that does not entertain a
dancing-master for his Ohil reu as soon
as they me able to walk, but did over
any father provide a tutor for Ida sou
to instruct him ht tine s in the nature
and improvement of that lam! he intend
oil to leave him?" That is a superfluity
and thus a grout deli ct in our manner of
(ducat.on, and till ti enc J could wish
(but cannot in there times much hopo to
seo it) that one college in I aoh universi
ty wero erected and appropriated to this
study, as well as they aro to medicine
and tho civil law. lhere would bo no
\nccd of making a body of scholars and
lollows with certain endowments. lt
Would suilice, if afU-r tho manner Ol
stalls in Oxford, there wi ro only four
?iro tensors constituted to teach these
our parts; First. Motion apdall thin'
ttfe^WUi to iL Bcoond. Pasturage,
hird, (lard? ns, orchards, vineyards and
woods, Fourth. All pails of rural
economy, which would contain tho gov?
eminent of I pcs, swine, poul! ry, decoy
hinl.s, .Vc., together with tho sport:; of
the flold and domestic conservation aud
uses of all that is brought in by indus
try abroad. Tho business of theso pro
fessors should not bc os is commonly
praotioal in other arts, to read pompous
ami superficial lectures out of Virgil's
Gcorgios, Pliny and Yuro, hut to in
struct their pupils in tho whole method
and course ot this study, ami tho con
tinued accession of scholars upon ti
moderate taxutii U for their diet, lodging
and leo ru i ug would bo a sullleieut con
stant revenue tor the n audi nance of the
house ami professors, who should bo
ineu not cleverer for thu ostentation of
critical literature, but for solid and ex
perimental knowledge of the things th"/
teach."
To diese thoughts, two huudred and
thirty years old, little of value has hoon
added on the part, ol' th .se who h ive
essayed to write and speak much upon
this all important matter. The wonder
is that so much has boon oonoioved, so
little has been achieved.
Tho first agricultural society incor
porated in America was that established
lu Sunt.i Carolina iu 1785, called " Tho
Society for tho Promotion ol* Agricul
ture," stating that its objects included
tho institution of a farm for i xporimcnts
in agriculture and tho importation und
distribution Of loreign productions .suit
ed to tho climate, of lite State.
Ho who was first iii tho heurts 01 ids
Qountrymon, in utmost his last utterances
ko them, with prophetic earnestness
ur. ed upon tho founders and represi uta
(ives of tho young republic this great
matter of agricultural education as ono
of tho foremost demands of tho times.
Tho national inti ru t and importuno of
his language is in proportion. As the
nation advances in population lind ether
oireumstuuoos of maturity, this truth bo
somes more appuient and renders tito
cultivation of thu soil more and more an
abjoot of pub?O patronago. Institutions
for promoting il grow up supported by
ih" i ublio puree, and to what object eau
it bo dedicated with greater propiioty?
This speeies of establishment contributes
[lonely lo tho increase of improvcm ut
by stimulating outerpriso aud export
inenl, und by drawing to u common
.entre lim results everywhere of indi*
v ?du d skill and observations and sj .< lid
ing thora thenco over tho whole natiou.
Experience hath shown that they arc
very cheap instruments of inn-..ouse na
tional bencdt. A fow years afterwards
dio founder and great npostlo of Ibo
Democracy, bi his distinguished inau
gural, speaking of good govorumcnt,
placed in the oin lc of our felicities tho
inoourugemeut ol agriculture and com
merce as it? huudm dd, a weil disciplined
militia, our host reliance in peace and
lor tho first moment.-, of war, and we
Aol come them today as ono of the
feflei'soninn platform plunks in nco,ni
Lion of tho fact thal tho tillers of Ute
?oil aro nady, as Its defenders, when
iieedi i io i ?.me the heroes of tho held
md Cutup.
I will not trespass further upon youl
time, upon more interesting exorcises.
Allow rae to isp? it tho cordial soluta
dons ol the committee and people whom
I represent. Desiring to do nil in (heil
! ower lo till thoMoys of your IM j-.urn in
mr midsl with tho fullest enjoyment
m! prollt, we feel ?ure. that ni tho
preparation of tho sec< nd Kucampnu ut
experience will oliminnte very muoh ot
what wo ar? cou oiouaaro tho imporfeo
tiens and shortcomings of Hus, tho first.
AS KSSAY ON ut Ks.
Tlio only other add rosa dolivorod din
ing thu day was that ol Mr. T. J. Mooro,
of Spartan burg. "Ih e culture" was tin
?ubjeet of his o: .-ny. Mr. Mooro lieut, i
his subject from a praotioal standpoin
md iu an eminently entertaining man
uer. Ho illustrated his methods 0
mittlre by hi. own patent hives am
20mbs, which are of easy construction
md eau bo linnie nt u very dight OX
pen so.
Mr. Moore's add ross closed the: peak
iug of the day, upon which the mcotiui
idjoiirmd.
viBwiNti run ATTUACTIONH.
After the .' leaking tho crowd limns.-.
ind entertained themselves by visitin,
tho stores of the mcrohauts on th
grounds, tho State exhibit and the ur
gallery on tiio second Moor of th
pavilion. The Stuto exhibit was coin
pleb- in all its details, containing spcoi
nu ns of i vi ry thing produced or raisci
in the State. it W08 tilled with visitors
The m t gallery contains exhibits o
painting and orayon work, sculpt uri
fancy uccdlo and quilting, The grente
part of tho work in painting is by Mis
Alice Duncan and .Mrs. Clwyiin, of Spin
tanburg. Thoro is also a lino display t
pastel los by Mi*s .Mildred Boaifo, c
I nion. Among tho contributors ar
Miss (.'arno Duncan, Miss 1011 io Leo, an
Miss Mildred Thompson, There is als
some creditable work in sculpture b
Mr. <). A. Waldon, of this county.
Tho art gallery also contains oxhibil
of organs and pianos by .Mr. Twitt*
I'ho west cud ir? tilled with machiner
exhibits from Wilson .v Uykar, of Abbi
vilh , O. P. Poppcnhoim, <>f Oharlestoi
and 1 >. W. Moore, of this city. Anion
tho most energetic exhibitors on tl
grounds is Mr. George MeMostcr, <
MoMaster & Gibbes, of Columbia, wh
havo a largo display of agricultural mi
ohhiory, such as Van Winkle gins, Ba
hour cotton seed crushers, Deoriij
moili rs, hay rakes, A c.
nu. ur LITA ny. CONTIKOBNT.
Owing to the delay of tho train on tl
Hpurhtnhiirg, Union ami Columbia ai;
the Air Hine, only tho following comp
nies arrived thu iirst day : Tho Hunib
(luards, 27 mon, Capt. Simoon Hyd
tho Manning Guards, 27 men, Capt. i
Levy; tho lort Motto Guards, ~.\ me
Capt. lt. M. Clufy; thc Edisto Hilles, i
Graugcburg, 26mon, Capt. O. M. Dant
1er, and tho Nowborry Hilles, l? me
( apt. 0. L, Heh um pert. Tho Morgi
BlflOS, of Hpartanburg, Capt. E, Haco
woro also in camp.
Among tho distinguished ofllcers pr.
ont WOW Adjt. Gen. Honhiur, Hrig. Go
H. N. Hichbourg, Col. H. Ii. Parle
Ooh W. C. Mcdowall, of tho (iovorno
stalV, Capt. J, li. 1'orrin, of Abbovili
nido-do-cumi? to Gen. Hichbourg, a:
Col. Geo. K. Wright, of Columbia,
'lhere aro one hundred and twonl
four tents now on tho grounds. Tin
wore secured by Gen. Honhain from t
department, and although skipp
from Philadelphia only a fow days H
Arrived in good time. Gon. Itonhi
I says that Col. Luddington, through
I whom tho touts wero obtained, ach d
whit commendable promptness in re
sponso to telegraphic requisitions upon
him.
(Sen. Hiohbourg issued special ord< ra
to company captains, instructing them
to assume command aud arraugo for
guan! duty.
Moro About tb? Gathering.
As tho weather cleared up, thc crowd
increased in si/.o, so that, on tho second
day of tho Encampment the estimated
number present was over <'?,()i)i).
North Carolina was well represented,
there bc i Ug present farmers from Polk,
Henderson and Uuthcrford conn lies.
Most Of thoSO aro encamped out in the
gr< ves thai surround the Farmers' City.
They brought with thom all their ilo
mustio imped ?menta and prepare;! torn
stay of indefinite, length, it' necessary.
Tkero was also a large inorctu . in tue
attendance from all parts of this State,
and especially from Charleston and the
low-country, there hoing prominent raul
representative planters from ail the Boa
islands, Berkeley, Barnwell, i in..4.tun
and Collotoil counties.
There was a big crush under the pavil
ion when the usual morning meeting was
called to order. All tho scats were occu
pied, and tho crowd OVOrllowcd in all
directions beyond the limits of tho
building. Tho Hon. .1. M. Walker pre
sided over tho exorcises, wliioli wen'
opened with prayor by tho Uov. il. M.
Keid. Among tho distinguished guest 1
at the Encampment, other than tliD.se
previously noted, were the lion. .1. .1.
ll< mphil! and Superintendent o? Kdueti
tiou .1. ll. IticO, who were invited to
seat? upon tho stage.
THU SI'EIX'IIKS.
Thc first nd ress ut the morning ses
sion was delivered hy State Chemist
Philip I'.. Ohassol on the subject general
ly of the ollioiai inspection ol' fertilizers
-tho principles which underlie it lind
tho practical dillictlltios which stand in
tho way of a recognition of its value by
the farmor.
The SCCOnd address was delivered ey
Cid. A 1'. Butler, State Commissioner
(>i Agriculture, who prefaced hisroinarke
by congratulating thu (?range upon th?1
success i f "lids great meeting." Ile said
that it had probably surpassed in num
bers and in work id' practical value tc
planters any similar gathering that lins
ivor boon held in South Carolin, lb
considered the prisent success nf Hu
Eucampmont the most convincing prool
<d" its permanence as an institution,
Col. Butler's address was devoted to tin
discussion of tin- bars to the progress ot
thc larmer, lb; denied that the hu ana
of the Stute ar. being impoverished bj
anything emanating from tho oxeenlivc
legislative, or judicial bra nobes of tin
State (?ovornmout, anti that it Iben
were auvt liing that it could he promptly
reim ,'ed, Summing up, Col. Untie
suggested ns remedie.-? l'or pri sent dilli
OUI til s the diversity ol crops, the prue'. ;LI
of rigid economy, the improvement o
the. tenant system, more mdopondono
of factor -, and m< rohunts, intelligent ti
of commcreiul fertilizers, improve*
methods ot' agriculture, mid the uso 0
in i pro vial implements.
The next ltddross was thai of the Hon
1).!'. Duncan, who regretted the ul
Hence of Col. Lipscomb, who was, as h
said, tin' originator ol and prime ino vc
in tie- enterprise. President Duncan'
speech was devoted principally to n ?Ii.
mission ol' the best mothodsof ed neat 111
formers and farmers' children, lt was
carefully prepared essay, ol' which
would bo impossible lo gue in a pan
graph or t\VO au intelligent idea.
After the aboVO address closed lllOl
was a stock show, ami tho State ngricu
titrai exhibit occupied the attontiou 1
tho visitors until tito afternoon scssioi
Oovornor lliohurdsou attended tl
meeting and was of court e called apo
for a specoh. He was introduc*.
felicitously by Mr. N. F. Walker, tu 1
which Governor Kiehurdson respond*,
congratulating tin: State (?range upc
tho splendid attendance and cxprosbii
tho hope that with each roturmug El
campment its proportions would ii
crease, and that the farmers, of whom I
was proud to be ono, would rccoivi
tho coming years the full benefits of t'
OUti rprise I Applause, j
Tin- lion. J. .1. Llemphill, in rospon
to 11 call, delivered tl IlltmorottS ai
taking little speech, whioh was repent e
ly cheered and applauded,
Secretary Ludwig, of the North ('ai
linn Stub: Crango, addressed tho nie?
illg on tho subject of a hat the Not
Carolina State orango was doing.
OTUEIt rKATI UKS.
Tho feature of the outdoor sports 1
Wednesday was thc opening game ol' t
base ball tournament between t
OrangoburgS and the Spartans. T
gain?' was wittcssed by about four hu
(Ired persons, all of whom were 00
fortubly seated on tho grund stand. '1
following were tho batteries: Orang
burg, Kitti fl, pitcher; Lightfoot, cub
er. Spartanburg, Thompson and Bniil
pitchers; Hammett, catcher. Kittr
struck out eight men, ?Smith foi
Thompson three. Tho game resulted
a victory for ( >rung? burg by a score
'.) to 7. Ofllcial scorer, Kohn. l uipi
.Jennings.
Tlie result of the glass ball tour,
ment was in favor of the Newberry tea
Thc scores ami tin compi ting clulw 1
aa follows: Newberry, 885 Walh iho
82; Glonn Springs, 80; Spartanburg >
1, 2G; Spiirhuiburg No. 2, 20. Thoth
prizes wero; Nowbi rry, 860; WalUirbo
&'?0; Olonn Spring*, $20.
TUE MIMTAItY DRIMM
Tho lirst brigiuhi drill wasoomraant
by (lon. Riohbourg, Capt, E. hu
officer of tia; day.
The following com i >i.1 ici particip?t
Sumter (imirds, BdistO Hilles, F
Motto (ic ls, Cl roon ville Quards, ha
Guard' 1 0 ?Morgan Kith-sund Nowbc
Kif ?
'luv larudo was witnessed by a v
largo doncourtK), and was performed i
manner creditable to the military of
State. An inspection of thc Mar
Ki ile was held by Adjt. (len. Boah
Among tho exhibits of macho
which aero placed in position Wedi
day were tho Knglo Screw baling p
of F. W. Wagoner & Co., ChnrW
S. c. ; Wood's harvesting machiner;
Havsick Fulls, N. Y., and tho oxl.ib
tho Piedmont wagon factory, ol Hi'
ry, N. C.
f.ADIKH IS t'NJt'OIUI.
A very interesting featuro ol the
campment was 1 lo kinness and Hag
at the court-house, givon undor
auspices of the rielen Chalmors Literary
Association. Tho court room woe u
Bceueof brilliant decoration. Tho boothe
wore presided over by young ladies io
various national costumes. Tho attend
ance uns particularly largo, ns tho affair,
was given for tho bouoflt of Spartan
burg's favorites, tho Morgan Rifles. Tin
(lag drill was oxooutod by tho following
young hullos us sponsors for tho com
punios: Sumter Guards, Miss Ernestine
lloinitsh: Fort Motto Guards, Miss
I Reina Allen; Morgan Hilles, Miss Nellie
Milord; lintier Guards, S?ss Fannie
Blako; Greenville Guards, Miss ll. 13m
i. p??; Manning Gun rds, Miss Clarice
Colton; Kdisto Hilles-, Mies Mildred
Thompson; I .am ens Guards, Miss Carril
McMukin; Nowborry Hilles, Miss Helen
MoMnklu; Hichlund Volunteers, Miss
(Jessie Means; North Carolina troops,
Miss Budy Hardy; '.South Carolina, .Min*
Helen Russell; Georgia, Miss 13. li.
('l ase. Tho (lag company was under
command of ( !apt. 13. liaoon, tho uniform
lu ing u blue ; Uirt and body with white
trimmings, ami Mack felt huts with
black plum;.-.. Tho evolution:, of their
gallant military sisters were larg ly
cheered by the various companies pres
ent.
It is estimated with every show of rea
son that fully 10,000 people passed
through the streets of tho Farmers' City
on Thursday. Oortainly there appears
to be no limit to tho energy displayed
hy tho farming olasscs in tho endeavor
to at least visit tho Enoampmont. Tin re
aro instances of men, women and chil
dren who walked from (ifteen to twenty
miles during tho night to reach tho city.
Taking tho K.manipim nt all in all, it i?
something novel ill .South Carolina, and
some of tho old men :*iy that it has been
tho first limo in t?.?.-. State that u success
ful effort has been made to attraot and
hold together for such a length of time
so many thousands of thc farming oluss.
There indeed, no tolling how long
the multitudes will romain in camp, foi
they hiive como well provided tor any
emergency. Tho woods around tho city
oro alive with men, women and children,
some of them having found ace ?tnnioda
tiona in Ibo wagons and othoi's stooping
out under tho open sky, which for lin
past two days lan boen particularly
favorable.
THU CAST b.VVS.
As to tho character of the crowd it ll
possibly tho most motley that has evei
como together in South Carolina. Al
classes nro represented and tho visito)
can eco almost everybody from Hu
Governor of tho Stato to thc bootblaol
from tho neighboring rival city. Tin
plain country girl and tho bolles o
c.i.?ney City, Laurens, I :iion, ?Spartan
burg. Greenville and other centres o
fashion ire to bo found i ?discrim?nate h
mixi d in thc crush nt thc art gallery, Ol
in tba i avilion, or m thu State buildiu)
room.-., or in tho ii ter Shite booth of tin
Women's Christian Temperance Union
where Iced waters and tracts aro din
pol u. ed with equal liberality , 'i bis booth
by the way, is one of tho pretties
: tructnrcs on tho grounds and w as oreel
ed under the direction of Mrs. W. K
blake, the president of tho loeal union
The morning session began at I
o'clock, 1'resident Duncan in tho ohaii
This day hud bei n devoted to tho 0X01
ciaos of tho Stale Agricultural and M<
chanical Society. Tho president invite
all lije bumer- to visit the fair next fall,
An instructive essay was lead by Mi
John F. Townseud, tho well known stoc
rais, ran I cotton planter of Kdisto island
on tho future of tho sea islands. A gnu
many of tho points nindi; were ?ill ot'
revelation t>? tito up-country farmers.
The next address was by Mr. K. '1
Stackhouse, of Million, on experiment
with Ibo cotton plant. The tlcductio
being that tho farmer who makes a livin
nt home, and makes cotton a sur pin
crop, is generally solid and safo.
Then came an interesting discussion i
tho question whether il [mys the fanni
to sid? titule cotton seed meal for li
cotton seed as a fertilizer. Among tl
speakers wero Chancellor Johnson, i
Minion, Messrs. M. K. Donaldson, <
Greenville, ll?.Hey man, of Oraogoburi
and W. Jennings, Ol Berkeley, wi
maintained tho negativo of tho quostiot
Tin? niliruiativo was unsuccessful' y argtu
by Mr. Fctorkiu, of Orangobur;
This inauguration of gOUOrai debil
has boon looked upon by tho promote
of tho enterprise here as tho boginnii
of t lie practical school work and oducatit
of tho larme.- und will be developed wi
wonderful csu Its at futuro encampment
Col. W. D. I3vaus, of Marlboro, read
poper OU tho duty of the farmer as a e
izon and as a legislator. Mr. I >. I
Norris, of Anderson, discussed in a vc
able paper tho nocossity of divorsiti
agriculture. Experiments with tho co
plant, by Mr. B, K. Korry, of Groenvill
contained ninny suggestive points ni
brought about another experience mei
ing, tho debaters being Capt. C. Kelt
of Spurtanburg, Messrs. C. Dixon ai
A. MoBco, of Greenville, C. Turner,
Spurtanburg, and H.T. Hawley, of Di
hngton. TllC SOSSioil closed with
excellent and humorous speech by C<
J. (J. McKissiok, o? l nion.
Friday was "Governor's day." T
opening address hoing naide by G<
Uichardson. Among tho other nddrosi
was ono on the subject ol' signal sorv;
iii its bearings on agriculture, by Ca
ll. Graham, of tho I . S. Signal servie
Camp was broken ami tho milite
oompanic . returned home Saturday.
.slur) nt it SliakC loni ll l*lg.
Jasper lilyan, living out on the riv
cast of town, relates ii remarkable ii;
dent between a pig of his and a rntl
SD a ko. A fine sow and pigs used to
in tho rivor swamp, and frequently I
sow would appear for her slops with i
pig short , which so worried fi ii
bryan that ho mustered his forces i
went in search of tho causo of tho
sonco of tho pigs. Ho hod not been
tho swamp long before ho was start
by the peculiar sound ot tho rattles, i
noon investigation found that a sn
had swallowed a pig, but tho li
grunter, aol being satisllcd with
confinement, had actually Uoked it? I
through Ibo belly of tho snake und
walking about trying to lind it? way
of tho WOOds, w ith its head still incio
ni the lower part of tho snake'a bc
Tho snake was promptly killed,
found to contain sixteen rattles. '
pig was carried home and is doing v
-Mnrshallvillo (Iowa)Timos,
"Gumption" I* derived from gum
alum, and a girl who lins gumption is
who shuns gum.
A QUEER CREATURE,
COLD AM) SIIlVKltINO IN MIDS? M
MKK-WAUSI AS A l-'ltlTT10U
Who'll iii? Uleak Wiator Ci>iitfl8".lcan
ttOCet TollM of III? IV, lill,ult i<- ol Mis
Physical ItIuko*Mi>"A l'ie/./.lo to All tho
Si lent |?ts.
w \UASU, INO.i July 21. The people
of Wabash will not soot! forgot tho awful
boat of hist Saturday and Sunday, v
tho brassy skios looked down upon tho
white bluet,tune wbieh glowed in tho hot
sunshine and sent up emu it, <,? boat., it
anything moro unboarablo tim . tho
burning rays that dosoondod from abox i.
( )n tho evening of that swoltoriug Hut-:
urdiiy your oorrospondont mot a '
so strange and out of harmoi y with i>!
Hiirroundings tl.at ropotitioii ol
wonderful story cannot rail ?nb n I
tho reader, even though that reader mi >
bike no thought of its scientific pim
which, if it hus n count ?rparl in ll
whole world of experience, is unkiii
to tho writer. Just at dark, tho writer,
as ho was passing the Wabash depot,
trying in every possible way t" 1. ? ,
cool, noticed u largo-sized man standing
near the depot building, apparently ju ;
arrived on un incoming tram. Hoi? oked
like a laboring man, and would uol have
att racted attention any where except ; r
one thing: He was dressed in heavy M in
ter clothing, such ns no sane mun would
baVO Worn With tho thermometer al
degrees, ns it was then. Was lie an i i
valid, whose blood was too thin and poor
to bo illloctcd by the terrible beat, in
common with bni follows? lb- MUS too
vigorous and healthy-looking, and that
theory bud to be abandoned. Was lie a
tramp, whoso wardrobe did not afford a ?
hot weather suit? Ho did not look like
a tramp; besides, be bad on surplus
olothiog, oven to nu ovoreoat that be I
might have carried. lb- did nol look
heated. On the other hand, be bud :
much tho appearance ot a man chilled
and siitVoring with tho cold. His over
coat collar was turned up about bis ears
tied his bands were thrust deep into I.i
pocki ;s. The correspondent ha l md
watch him long until be grow curious
and concluded to investigate tho pi e
nomouou. Ho accordingly took a posh ;
timi near the stranger and remarked,
while ko funned himself vigorously with i
his straw hat: "'Tis warm h>niglit
"So they tell nie,'' replied iii ; ai
broken English, with a mixtlin . !
French; "1 do not know.'
"Hut you certainly do uot I avo t- > ' i
told Hint it is bot to-night," said tho cor- I
respondent, who was faintly suspicioi
that the stranger was trying to "guy"
him. A closer inspection, bowover,
showed bim that the man was not .-.
big from bent, warmly as be wa.- dressed, I
tor thoro was not a particle ot perspira
tion about bini, "I have md been wann
ince last winter, except when I was by
a wurm stove or in bed," said tia- strim
erina serious tone that banished tb"
idea that bc was joking.
"Mine is a straugo coco, "ho continued.
"Would you cate to hear it; it is not 1
long?"
"I should certainly like to bear thc I
history ol' a man who is not warm i
to-night, dressed as yon are in heavy 1
woolens," said your correspondent,
"Well, then, I was born forty-two i
years ago this month in a northern
provinco of France, in Alsace, of pt a mut :
parentage. There is nothing in my bi I- I
tory that is of interest, but there is
something in me that bas i itorcsted ;
many-a peculiarity that bas pu.'/.led
science, and is without a parallel in the
whole, world, so far ns I know or have
ever beard. The peculiarity consists in
the fact that when others tire warm 1 am
cold, and vice versa. I shiver with cold ?
under a hot Jttly HUD, and swelter with
heat amid the snows of winter. My mini'
is Jean UoCOt, and my father was
laborer in a brewery in Alsace, and bad
?a large family, of wbieh I was the
youngest, except one, a sister, who was
born three years latir. Nom- ti my
brothers or sisters possessed my peen-,
liarity. My mother llrst discovered that
1 was not like other children when I wu.
about one year ami ii half old, before I
can myself remember. My pnrontanud
the neighbors wore greatly puzzled ul
the phenomena, but ir t moro so than
were the scientific men who examined
mo in later years. I was the wonder ol
our neighborhood as I grew up, loi
while other children in winter wv; t
about in heavy woolens, and shivered
with cold at that, I played by the road
side wearing thin summer clothing, while j
my body was Unshed with bi ut and my ?
face suffused with perspiration. Who i
summer came again, and birds sang, a;.,!
the sun's tierce lays beat upon the v.lui,
roads of Alsace, an my little companions
frolicked upon the green sward and
waded the brook, I cried with tin- cold
and sought warmth indoors, l in Reasons
were just reversed for me."
"Hut when you touched Hu- uv and
snow, wore they not cold tu you?" waa
asked.
"Yow, aa they would be to you in tho
summer time. The frozon ground, too,
was cold, but tho icy atmosphere that
swopt over it was stilling to mo tis a
sirocco. What was most peculiar, per
haps, was the bud that the lower lill
thermometer sank the wanui r 1 got, and
the IlighOI it arose tho colder it ? cerned
to me. To provo to you that it was not
imagination with me, feel of my hand,"
said the stranger. The soribe touched
it. lt waa aa cold as icc, and the mercu
ry stood at DO degrees,
"I lived in Alsace until about ton years
ago, when I came to th:;, country to
work at my trade, that of a .stone-cutter.
1 lived in Joi'SOV (.'itv until a few days
ago, when 1 started West. 1 am n
married, mid have never bud >'. sick day
in my life. That is my history and, HA
you soe, uneventful enough, except foi
thin peculiarity in my physical make-up,
which tullin winter into summer and
balmy sunnnor into dread winter."
"Hut can you think of no explanation
for this phonomononV What do sciontibc
mon say of it?"
"Nothing that ia uot guess-work. It
is said that a fow days boforo I was bom
tho hot July woathor in Alsace was
brokou in upon by n aovoro storm, in
which thc olomonts wore strangely
mixed. Thiuidor and lightning, com
bined with hail and oven snow, swept in
a furious torrent ovor Alsace, anil con
tinued for moro than twenty-font hours.
HoicnUsts couuocl tko storm with birlli
I in explanation of my pcouliarity, Dut,
after oil, ihat explanation rests upon itu
proved theory! I only know tho faoti
J do uol attempt i<> oxplnin it."
Your corrospoudout Baw tho foot, aud
was himself amazed to a ac? a mau who
ooidd ?o easily dofj tho power ot Old
Hoi's influence.
'i lt ? I '?;(.. II Movement.
I-'rom tho Now l'ork Fiuauoial Chron
ic! 's cotton urtioh of July 30 tho follow
ing Ilga icu nil gathered relativo to tho
uiovcini ul of tho .-tapio during tho pa I
wei li:
I?' ? the wi * k ending July 21) tiio total
receipts roached 2,581 hales, against
8,205 balea h.-c week, I,(IMO bides tho
prOVioitS Meei'., ; lid I,'?Ol hales lillee
wooka siuco; making tho total receipts
....?ile Ul ioptciuboi, 188(5, 5,20 1,<?7 -
bul lin ? - : 072 bulbs for tho santo
periodo Sa (J, showing u decrease sinco
rJeptemher 1, I '?, of 1)3, Ol Kl halos.
Tho exfibrt.s for tito week ?euch a total
ol 22,1 ?15 hides, of which 15,WI7 woro to
(jreal llritain, 2,200 io Fmueo and 1,288
to tho rest of tho continent. Tho im
port ; ??ito continental porta wore s.tun
bides.
'i le. r< ? . o increase in tho cotton in
sight ni '? bales as compared with
the siuru ' .?ii ol 1880, un mercase ol
80,f I" 1 ah -, ai compared with tho cor?
rospoutliug date of J^-s?, aud a doorcase
of 11111,878 I iii lei ut compared with 1881,
The old inti nor stocks have dcorcasi d
during tho week 1,850 bales, and were,
Friday night, 80,087 Viales less than itt
tho same period last ye o-. 1 he receipt -
at tho same towns havo bebb >',.:,-..? bales
less Dian tho samo wook last year, and
since .Si pti mber I tho n c. ?pt 'ie all tin
towns aro 71,287 halos less than torda
aamc time in 1885 ii.
Tho total receipts from thc planta
tions since 1st ai ptombcr, 1880, u>
5,181,OoO halos; in 1885 0 wore ?,8i0,W8
bales; in 18! i 5 WOrO 4,727,270 bale .
Although tho rec? i(>t.; at tho outports for
the past week were 2,581 bales, tho not nal
Movement in ni tho plantations MUS only
I,.bales, thu ba unce bi mg tul.en from
the stocks ut I!.i intori >r towns, fjiut
rest- tho receipts from t:, plantation
for tho ' ame w i . li wei . 1,870 bulos, and
for I8S? ti.i y SM?fi bi lb .
IJ plo June tOtlii . j !.-. at lie? ports
this year wt.?..?. 110,007 bales less (han in
?885 0, and I7dd?00 h les moro than a
de- same limo in 1881 *.-. This shite*
ihenl shows that t! rc?i ipts since ?Sep
tember I. up to In : friday night, wore
Jl,8t^ bales less than they were to tho
?uno day Of tho mon th m I8-S?, and
182,880 bales mer- t! ;?i they wore le
the same day of tho mouth in 1885,
The Chronicle says lirai Ibo specula
tion ia coi;, ti for futur di livery at Now
Vork waa fairly active; for tho week uuder
review, i>;.t tue cour.su ? [ prices wits
piite unsettled, developing ul limos som<
irregularity, Ss between '.his and the
next crop. On Kalin lay tho lieut and
the half holiday caused un ali . ?st com
plete desertion of thc Cotton l?xehange
after the ll rsl tnlli Oti Monday the
market opened patiicky, but tho dcelin
in thia crop wt. fully recovered; ph
Tuesday, however, lliis crop was lower
m I the next dearer through manipula
lion [J EI pus 7.c l?oulhorti operators who
lind brou Kelling freely, j int titi g out full
lines ol eonlrnots, abd id tho close some
pressure was shown in >)illy contr?ete,
.vliich was moi . conspicuous eu \Vodiuw-?
lay, when there was an tt tvitiice "alone
lht> whole line. ' Tlniraday tuer.' was a
material decline ill tho llOXt crop, the
Ililli moven eui ol I bo pu vi ona day get
ling no support from any ipiarteri Oil
friday August options declined 81 point,
ind the uuxt crop was milCll depressed
A Shirl thia I ' i< a .< i i.oi.
Two hundred y ea r?i og > in China then
was just such a cruzo about natural gai
ns wc have in tins coitntry t?-day. Cu
wells were sunk with as much \im eu
vigor as tho ColCstiuls Wire capable of
bul owing to a gas ox plosion Illili kille?
several, millions of people and toro ti j
and dost ray? .1 a large district of eouutry
leaving a largo inland sea, known on th
maps tu Lal:? Foi Chang, tho boring o
any moro gas wells was then and thor
prohibited hj law. It seems, accord ii .
to the Chinese history, that many Uro
and heavy pr.-- inc g is wolla wo ru st ruc!
ann in sonic districts wolla w. re sun
quito near lo each oilier, (las wa
lighted as soon a? struck, as is done i
this country, li is stated that OUI WC
with its unusual pressure, by induotio
i r back draught, palli d down Into th
earth tho burning gas ol a smalk v wt ll
lesiittile- in tl dreadful explosion ol'
huge district, destroy lng tho inliabitanl
thereof. Duke Foo Chang rests on th?
district. The same catastrophe is imm
noni in this eouutry unless tho laws i.
strict furthor developments in boring ..
ninny wells. Should a similar oxplosic
occur Ibero will bo snob an upheaval ;
as will dwarf thc most toitiblo onrll
(undies over kuowu. < i o eouutry alon
thc gos bi .i from Tolodo through Obi?
Indiana and Kentucky, will bo r ppi
ap to tho depth ol 1,200 to 1,500 foi
und Hopped over ie..-.,, pancake, lewie
a chasm through wbioh the wators >
I uko lirio Will Collie howling dow
tilling the Ohio and Mississippi val loy
ami blotting ll om -..t forever. -Oinoi
nati Comm? . did duello.
\ 1 rliili'i neil .lilllie.
Judge Sloan, ol Golconda, Ul., ivas ci
ting weeds ninr his house thc other ovi
lng, and eui off the libad of n hig rat
snake. Thc sumo blow threw the snn
into (he a'u' ami it fell about the -Ttldg
neck, about which it coiled with a cons
-ive grasp, nt the -'linc dine keeping up
ominous rattle. A colorid man pulled 1
bod) i lt Un frightened JlldgC and assi.-i
him to tho hou ?. whore it was nome ti
IK)fore he could cdnvlnce hlntscll that t
blood which was smeared on Ills face fri
tho be ly of the snake was not Hu result
n wound, -Chicago J inns.
Kn-r) Woman Knowe 'I'htwi.
The human ho ly is much like a gi
clock or watch in its movements; it i
goes too slow or too fast, so follow all
others, and bad lime r. suits; if one or<
or set of organs works Imperfectly, 1
version of functional efforts of all tho
guns Usuro to follow. Hence it is that
numerous ailments which make Worm
life miserable are the direct ls-ne of
abnormal action of thc uterine system,
all Unit numerous class of symptoms
every woman knows them-"there ls one
failing remedy, Dr. Pierce's "Fav<
Prescription," the favorito rtf ?ho BOX.
ASSASSIN tlUITEAU'S A NATU KM A.
ld.ii'kublo Succession ni ii i i., 11 M m
Timi lia.? Followed lils Withering
Curso.
WASHINGTON, July ."{<?. After tho as
sassin ( Suit eau hntl benn convicted and
sentenced by tho court to bo banged for
killing President Uarileld, ho stood up
in Iiis jilaco and pronounced a withering
ourse on every one connected with tho
trial. Liittlo WUH thought of it at the
time, lt waa regarded as a Utting
climax of his ravings throughout tliat
remarkable case. Guitoau declared that
misfortune would attend every ono con
nected with his trial. Since then Qui
tcau's cunio ha.: impressed ilsolf upon
tho minds of superstitious people by tho
singular manner in which it has appar
ontly boon fulfilled.
'J no jury was composed of twelve
strong and healthy mon. Tho foreman
vois in comfortable circumstances and
waa estimated to be worth $50,000.
Within n year after tho trial he lost bia
money and is now reduced to tho lovel
il a day laboror.
I our members of Ibo jury aro dead,
iud nearly every one has been visited
v\itu some kind of misfortune
District Attorney Ooo. lb Corkhill
waa removed from ollice, his wife died
md Ids own death followed beforo the
nd of another year.
Mr. Scoville, Guitoau's brother-in-law,
ivho with (..'liarles li. Heed defended tho
ior, was divorced from bis wile and
isl all of bis property,
President Arthur, who refused to
[raul a pardon or new trial to Guitoau,
.. h ated for renomination ami slow*
y failed ?ll health, and died last wintor.
Mr. blaine, who was a witness i.gahist
eiM-au, was nominated for President,
bul defeated.
.John A. Logan, another witness, is
now dead, stricken down in apparent
health.
Dr. I K W. DHss, Garliold'a physician,
bas boon in very poor health for two
years, and it is thought that ho will
never bo a well man again.
David Davis, who appeared as a wit
ness, bas also joined the great majority.
JudgoJohn K. borter, of New York,
nie of the government counsel in the
?aso, baa practically retired from the
uaetice of his profession.
Thc guards who kept watch over (iui
. au in tho jail have nearly all lost their
lOBitions.
.lodge Cox, who presided over the
rial, lost his wife.
Tho downward career of Charles li.
Iced, of Guitoau's counsel, which oui
iiinotod in New Yoi!, a few mornings
go, by his attempting to hike bis own
de, adds another name to the list ol
ic ti ma of Guitoau's anathema.
The only conspicuous exception is
olino in Walter DavidgO, of thc govcrn
nont counsel in thc case. Mr. Davidgo
ins apparently been nu . prosperous
ince tile trial than before. He stands at
ho head of tho Washington bar.
Tho ..;>. n at oi tho Republican party iu
1881 recalls thc fact that Guitoau pro
dded its defeat.
Merits ol Small l ow ls.
Tho advantage ol small broods of hens
thus presented by tho American Agri
iiiltarist: Though small in si/.o, the
iCghorni and Hamburgs grow rapidly
aid mature early, lt roqairos some
nae. before a large fowl attains its full
i. e. Tho advantage of the small brooda
that they permit us to make a "short
?ut" to thu laying point, thong': 4boy
nay be deficient in weight. So far us
,ho cost is concerned, it has been
lemonstrated that it requires UO more
food for a large fowl than a small ono
jompnrcd with tho product. Thalia, wo
?an produce as many pounds of Leghorn
neat OS WO can of Cochin meat with the
Slime proportion of food, but in laying
[ualitiea tho small breeds aro superior,
ia tiny ure usually non-sitters, and lay
iirgl eggs. Another advantage with
is that, being small, a largo num
il i can bo Uep! together, as thoy require
ess room on tho roost, being active,
hoy do not bucomo oxcossivoly fat, and
f allowed to run at large they will pick
ip a large proportion ot their food dur
llg favorable seasons. Doing usually
.le legged, they arc not as subject to
icabby lega as tho Asiatics, ami if kept
.vuna in winter they will lay about RU
n li during tho cobl season 's in sum
ncr.
A n A rlHtocrnl lo Idiot.
Thc semi-idiotic English nobleman si/
ibly caricatured by poor Bothern in by
no means a creature of thu imagination.
I lu wi ttel once attended a fancy-dressed
.all given to Prince Eduard, ol' Suxo
Woiwcr, tho commander of tho South
ern forces iu England. One of tho mus
? ra of ceremonies was Lord VrthurSey
mour, a person who might well have sat
ior tho original of Dirndl- .ry. A niis
uhiovous naval lieutenant informed the
prig of nobility that ono of tho gilesta
i\us attired as .Indus Iscariot. bord
\ rt luir w as ploasod to consider this in
lind taste, and attempted to timi tho
imaginary arch traitor. During his
toarcll he caine across the writer
ind *the following conversation di
ned: "lonah natue ia er L.. 1 be
lieve."Ves, my lord," replied tho
humble individual addressed. "Well, 1
am aw told that aw a person ia prosont
who aw is dressed OS Judas, and posi
tively has the tho thirty pieces of .ul va h
in his bag. lt is aw liko bis d-d im
powdonco to cawwy silvah hcnhl Why
the dttVVOl couldn't ho aw bring sover
eigns'/';- Philadelphia North American.
Mow IO Secure n (.noil toland ol Turnlpi).
Au old and experienced farmer gives us
tho following rulo foi securing a good stand
ot turnips: Prepare thc land thoroughly
and lay off the rows ready for sowing thc
eui, tuen wait until a rain bas formed a
i rust and cover with fresh, moist earth.
TllO moist earth will germinate the seed,
and the roots will penetrate tho underlying
crust by thc time thc plants are up, tinta
securing enough moisture from la-low to
Blipply the plants in case thc weather should
ne dry enough to kill them otherwise. An
oih. r safe rule, it is snhl'ls to roll thc hind
well after sowing turnip seed, thus secur
ing good rooting before tho plants como up
to bo killed hy thc hot sun.- Anderson
Journal.
* <> * Premature decline of power In
, iilni sox, however i m luecd, speedily and
permanently cured. Book for io contain
stamps. World's Dispensary Medical As
sociation, 003 Main street, B?llalo, N. Y,